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17. Bucco, Barbet, -B//^ sharp-edged, laterally compress- 

 edj notched on each side near the tip, edges bent in- 

 wards ; gape extending beneath the eyes; nostrils 

 covered with incumbent feathers; feet formed for 

 climbing* 



The Barbets are all natives of warm climates ; of dull 

 heavy dispositions ; they most usually reside in the vicinity 

 of swamps, and feed on the smaller kinds of reptiieSj insects, 

 and worms. 



18. Polopkilus. CoucAL. i>z7/ strong, cuUrated, incurved; 

 nostrils strait, linear ; feet simple, having two toes for- 

 wards, the outer one of which is the longest, and two 

 toes backward, the inner O/ze furnished with an exceed- 

 ing long daze, 



19. PhccnicGpliceus. Malkoiia. jBzY/ strong, incurved, th6 

 sides beset with stiif bristles, the ridge of the upper 

 mandible flattened ; sides of the head, including the 

 eyes, covered with bare carunculated skin ; nostrils 

 covered with bristles ; feet simple, the exterior back 

 toe, the longest. 



20. Orplicethus. Touraco. Bill short, strong, arched 

 above, compressed at the sides, and toothed from the 

 middle to the tip ; nostrils covered with silky feathers ; 

 feet as in the last genus. In habits and ceconomy, this 

 and the two preceding genera very much resemble thq 

 Cuckoo, with which genus they have been connected 

 by some Authors. 



